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This is what I have<br />
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ElseIf (((Range(&quot;A17&quot;).Value = &quot;A&quot;) Or Range(&quot;B17&quot;).Value = &quot;C&quot;) And (Range(&quot;C17&quot;).Value = Columns(&quot;C1:C16&quot;).Select<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Set cell = Selection.Find(What:=Range<wbr />(&quot;C17&quot;).Va<wbr />lue, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False)))
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This is what I have

ElseIf (((Range("A17").Value = "A") Or Range("B17").Value = "C") And (Range("C17").Value = Columns("C1:C16").Select
    Set cell = Selection.Find(What:=Range("C17").Value, After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
        LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
        MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False)))

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It's not clear what ranges you are using. If you want to check if the value of C17 appears more than once in Range(&quot;C1:C17&quot;) then this should work<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-40847963-1">If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range(&quot;C1:C17&quot;), Range(&quot;C17&quot;)) &gt; 0 Then MsgBox &quot;True&quot; </code></pre>
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It's not clear what ranges you are using. If you want to check if the value of C17 appears more than once in Range("C1:C17") then this should work




If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("C1:C17"), Range("C17")) > 0 Then MsgBox "True" 

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Hi,<br />
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what would be the vba code to search for a string in a particular column and return true if a match is present?<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,

what would be the vba code to search for a string in a particular column and return true if a match is present?

Thanks

vba code

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